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Robert Zemeckis Filmography:

A Christmas Carol -2009

Beowulf -2007

The Polar Express -2004

Cast Away -2000

What Lies Beneath -2000

Contact -1997

Forrest Gump -1994

Death Becomes Her -1992

Back to the Future Part III -1990

Back to the Future Part II -1989

Who Framed Roger Rabbit -1988

Back to the Future -1985

Romancing the Stone -1984

Used Cars -1980

I Wanna Hold Your Hand -1978

A Field of Honor -1973

The Lift -1972

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Robert Zemeckis Film Director

Robert Lee "Bob" Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning American film director, producer and screenwriter.
The director was jobless until Michael Douglas hired him in 1984 to film Romancing the Stone. A romantic adventure starring Douglas and Kathleen Turner, Romancing was expected to flop, but the film became a sleeper hit.

Zemeckis has said that, for a long time, he sacrificed his personal life in favor of a career. "I won an Academy Award when I was 44 years old," he explained, "but I paid for it with my 20s. That decade of my life from film school till 30 was nothing but work, nothing but absolute, driving work. I had no money. I had no life.

Robert Zemeckis Best Movies: Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997), Cast Away (2000)
Academy Awards for Directing (Oscar): Forrest Gump (1994)
Top Box Office: Forrest Gump (1994) - $329,694,499, Back to the Future Trilogy: Part1: $210,609,762, Part2: $118,450,002, Part3: $87,727,583
Guarantee the blockbuster: 65%
Star "meter":
Favourite actor: Tom Hanks
Actors who may thank him: Tom Hanks, Michael J. Fox, Danny De Vito
Favourite actress: -
Actress who may thank him: Kathleen Turner

Robert Zemeckis Movies

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A Christmas Carol (2009)

Beowulf (2007)

Cast: Ray Winstone , Anthony Hopkins , John Malkovich ,
Robin Wright Penn , Brendan Gleeson , Crispin Glover , Alison Lohman ,
Angelina Jolie

A hero steps forth, proclaiming his name. Beowulf! Slayer of monsters. Defenders of the realm. He will kill the voracious beast ravaging the Viking land. He will claim gold and kingdom as his reward. But will his unchecked ambition ultimately demand a terrible toll of him! Ray Winstone plays the heroic title role, and Angelina Jolie portrays the seductive mother of monsters in this epic tale set in a time of demons and dragons, warriors and temptresses. The lusty camaraderie. The battle with grotesque Grendel. The fiery death duel with the dragon. All here. All in a revolutionary new "performance capture" vision from filmmaker Robert Zemeckis. Hail, Beowulf, bravest of the brave!

The Polar Express (2004)

Cast: Tom Hanks (Voice) , Leslie Zemeckis (Voice) , Eddie Deezen (Voice) ,
Nona Gaye (Voice) , Peter Scolari (Voice) , Brenda King (Voice)

Tom Hanks stars in this amazing movie from director Robert Zemeckis. When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

Cast Away (2000)

Cast: Tom Hanks , Helen Hunt , Christopher Noth , Nick Searcy ,
Geoffrey Blake , David Allen Brooks , Nan Martin

An exploration of human survival and the ability of fate to alter even the tidiest of lives with one major event, Cast Away tells the story of Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks), a Federal Express engineer who devotes most of his life to his troubleshooting job. His girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt) is often neglected by his dedication to work, and his compulsive personality suggests a conflicted man. But on Christmas Eve, Chuck proposes marriage to Kelly right before embarking on a large assignment. On the assignment, a plane crash strands Chuck on a remote island, and his fast-paced life is slowed to a crawl, as he is miles removed from any human contact...

What Lies Beneath (2000)

Cast: Harrison Ford , Michelle Pfeiffer , Joe Morton , Miranda Otto ,
James Remar , Diana Scarwid , Ray Baker

Claire and Norman Spencer seem to be a relatively 'normal' couple until Claire starts to hear voices and sees the reflection of a woman in water. After visiting a therapist she tries to make contact with whatever or whoever is out there...

Contact (1997)

Cast: Jodie Foster , Matthew McConaughey , James Woods , John Hurt

The search for life outside our solar system becomes a personal and spiritual quest for a young researcher. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) is a scientist who lost her faith in God after her parents died when she was a child. However, Ellie has learned to develop a different sort of faith in the seemingly unknowable: working with a group that monitors radio waves from space, Ellie hopes that some day she will receive a coherent message from another world that will prove that there is a world beyond our own. Ellie's hard work is rewarded when her team picks up a signal that does not appear to be of earthly origin. Ellie decodes the message, which turns out to be plans for a space craft, which she takes as an invitation for a meeting with the aliens. Ellie and her fellow researchers soon run into interference from a White House scientific advisor, David Drumlin (Tom Skerritt), who cuts off their funding and tries to take credit for their achievements. However, Ellie receives moral support from Palmer Joss (Matthew McConaughey), a spiritual teacher who advises President Clinton and tries to persuade her to accept the existence of a higher power, and financial backing from S.R. Hadden (John Hurt), a multi-millionaire willing to fund her attempts to contact the source of the message.

Forrest Gump (1994)

Cast: Tom Hanks , Sally Field , Gary Sinise , Robin Wright ,
Mykelti Williamson , Hanna R Hall , Rebecca Williams , Bob Penny ,
John Randall , Sam Anderson

Stupid is as stupid does," says Forrest Gump (played by Tom Hanks in an Oscar-winning performance) as he discusses his relative level of intelligence with a stranger while waiting for a bus. Despite his sub-normal IQ, Gump leads a truly charmed life, with a ringside seat for many of the most memorable events of the second half of the 20th century. Entirely without trying, Forrest teaches Elvis Presley to dance, becomes a football star, meets John F. Kennedy, serves with honor in Vietnam, meets Lyndon Johnson, speaks at an anti-war rally at the Washington Monument, hangs out with the Yippies, defeats the Chinese national team in table tennis, meets Richard Nixon, discovers the break-in at the Watergate, opens a profitable shrimping business, becomes an original investor in Apple Computers, and decides to run back and forth across the country for several years.

Death Becomes Her (1992)

Cast: Bruce Willis , Meryl Streep , Goldie Hawn , Isabella Rossellini

Madeline is gaining more wrinkles than screen roles. Her friend, Helen, loses her fiance to Madeline and subsequently doubles her weight. Finally, there's Madeline's husband, Ernest, a plastic surgeon who spends his nights drunk and cursing the day he met his wife. Enter a beautiful enchantress who changes their lives, and deaths, forever.

Back To The Future Trilogy (I. - II. - III.)

Back To The Future I. (1990), II. (1989), III. (1985)

Cast: Michael J. Fox , Christopher Lloyd

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Cast: Bob Hoskins , Chris Fleischer , Christopher Lloyd , Joanna Cassidy , Roger Rabbit

Someone is out to steal Toon Town from the cartoon characters who inhabit the magical land. But to get their hands on the valuable property, they have framed its biggest star for murder. Detective Eddie Valiant is brought out of a self-enforced retirement to solve the case and save the Toons. A magical blend of live action and animation.

Romancing The Stone (1984)

Cast: Michael Douglas , Kathleen Turner , Danny De Vito , Alfonso Arau

A romantic novelist who flies to Columbia to help her kidnapped sister. There, she finds herself thrust into a real-life adventure with a fearless rogue who resembles the fictional hero of her novels.